Question follow-through · 102101

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current waiting times are for Access to Work applications.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
2 Jan 2026
Target answer date
6 Jan 2026
Answer
15 Jan 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current waiting times are for Access to Work applications.

  2. 6 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    For details on the average processing time for Access to Work grant applications from April to June 2025, please refer to the answer I gave on 3 July 2025 to Question UIN 63906. We are committed to reducing waiting times for new applications and have incr...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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